two images overlaid: one is the very edge of a screenshot— a photo of a computer screen— fading into a firey, neony red. the other is a pastel sky mottled with clouds and a dead tree with a single clump of leaves held in its branches. thanks to the emulsion from the film, the tree looks hot pink, magenta.

musing without thesis

It occurred to me the other day that one of the reasons that I don’t blog more is because I lack essay-ful things to say. I am pondering without a thesis. Most of the blogs I read now are Substack newsletters, and most of those newsletters have clear, explicit thoughts: they are articles, written with clear purpose to instruct or explain a concept, often times commenting on the current sociopolitical landscape and our in/ability, as people of conscience, to deal with the horrors of latestage capitalism. And I love reading these newsletters — I subscribe to them, after all, and I’m even a paid supporter of a few of them, so […]